The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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  d_riptide

  7 / 10

  So.....yeah. It’s understandable why “The Matrix Revolutions” is often considered the worst in the trilogy and often one of the more confusing climaxes to a film trilogy ever. Some of the acting has been downgraded, some CG effects are obvious and take the realistic factor out of the whole experience, some scenes are anti-climatic and/or self-indulgent, a good chunk of the characters you don’t really care for, Smith is barely even in the movie and if you’ve never followed up on any of the film’s philosophical messages behind a good chunk of its scenes (which again are not as tightly woven in as the first film), then there’s no understanding the ending and no garnering any entertainment. But once again, I found a lot enjoy here, partially because I understood those messages and were able to get past the rather tedious slow start and the fact that most of the stuff that happens in this movie is outside the Matrix.
  
  In my personal opinion, Revolutions is an incredibly striking film. Most of the special effects have drastically improved, the acting is still fairly solid albeit being a slight step back from the previous film, the action sequences have involved into full on anime battles (which I’ve grown attached to) or white-knuckled intense chases, it never felt totally inconsistent and I did catch a few of the seeds the ending left for the upcoming Matrix 4. I don’t think everything they wanted to do was completely fleshed out or handled the way they wanted it to be but the Wachowskis knew what they were doing and while they weren’t able to capture the magic of the first film, they did have us a series of flicks that, one or another, have found a way to change the course of cinema as we see it and still stand the test of time.

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